Winemaker Notes
Clear, dark golden brown with very strong legs. Characteristic bouquet with complex dried fruits and wood, toffee and vanilla. Sweet, smooth, full bodied, complex, and a long finish of nuts and dark chocolate.
Professional Ratings
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Wine & Spirits
This wine's toffee, chamomile, crushed almond and walnut scents seem to mirror its golden tawny color. From there, it’s a tightwire act of extreme sweetness and high acidity, a contrast of golden raisin with orange rind, of apricot with Indian spice. The finish is more oxidative in tone, with nuttiness providing its own bitter cut to the sweetness. Alight with complexity, this would be delicious with almond cookies or after dinner on its own.
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Wine Spectator
Rich, smooth and lush, displaying fine definition to the maple, honey and cream flavors. Long in the midpalate, with lemon zest and spice, followed by smoke and white chocolate on the finish. Drink now through 2020. 150 cases made.
A steep, volcanic island in the Atlantic Ocean that rises to over 6,000 feet at its highest point, Madeira actually sits closer to Morocco than Portugal, the country to which it belongs.
Today the vineyards of the island cover tiny step-like terraces called poios, carved from the basalt bedrock. Aptly named Madeira, this fortified wine comes in two main styles. Blended Madeira is mostly inexpensive wine but there are a few remarkable aged styles. Single varietal Madeira (made from Sercial, Verdelho, Boal or Malmsey), is usually the highest quality and has the potential to improve in the bottle for decades.
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